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ThinkstockIf Hurricane Sandy hurt retail sales and closed businesses through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the problem is about to repeat itself as another storm, albeit a smaller one, approaches....
ThinkstockOne more luxury car maker has made fantastic claims about future growth. BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura and Porsche all believe their sales will skyrocket by the end of the decade....
ThinkstockMarathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) shares are higher in morning trading after the company offered solid third-quarter results, including a surprise year-over-year increase in revenues. The...
courtesy of Office DepotOffice Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) said this morning that it swung to a third-quarter loss of $69.6 million, or $0.25 per share, due in part to declining same-store sales in North...
ThinkstockPurchasing managers indexes (PMIs) gauge the activity of thousands of companies. Survey compiler Markit said The latest eurozone PMI reading from survey compiler Markit indicates that the...
ThinkstockAmerican Suzuki will leave the U.S. market, a victim of small sales and a brand that U.S. car buyers barely know. 24/7 Wall St. recently predicted that Suzuki would not make it in the...
thinkstockThe Greeks continued to prove that they can be their own worst enemies. Constant strikes there take businesses offline and almost certainly hurt the flow of tourism critical to the economy....
ThinkstockNissan became the latest Japanese company to say that a territorial dispute between its nation and China will badly hurt earnings. At some point, the Japanese government must decide whether...
courtesy of Netflix Inc.Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced today that its board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan. According to the press release: The Rights Plan is intended to...
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyAs Chinese consumers shunned Japanese goods due to a territorial dispute between the two countries, U.S. automakers General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Co....
ThinkstockHumana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) said this morning that its third-quarter net income fell 4.3% but it lifted its earnings outlook for the full year. The health care company also announced a pair of...
thinkstockGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says that Greece could be ousted the eurozone if the debt-laden country’s parliament fails to approve a new round of austerity measures. The...
ThinkstockToyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) continues to do well financially, as shown by its fiscal first-half figures, which cover the period ended September 30. On a consolidated basis, net revenues...
ThinkstockMedia reports from the Group of 20 summit indicate that two issues have dominated the meeting — the effects of the U.S. fiscal cliff and Europe’s troubled economy and financial...
ThinkstockDespite concerns that Hurricane Sandy might have hurt gasoline supplies and closed some refineries, gas prices continue to fall, and fall rapidly. According to AAA Fuel Gauge data, the...